diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19e9705217..9e460bac8a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
 	# Check library functions
 	include(CheckFunctionExists)
 	check_function_exists(localtime_r HAVE_LOCALTIME_R)
+	check_function_exists(clock_gettime HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 	check_function_exists(posix_memalign HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN)
 	include(TestBigEndian)
 	test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
diff --git a/adm/cmake/TKernel/CMakeLists.txt b/adm/cmake/TKernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 54e241e86e..e5fde8493c 100644
--- a/adm/cmake/TKernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/adm/cmake/TKernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,19 +28,17 @@ set(TOOLKIT_LIBS ${TOOLKIT_LIBS} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${LM})
 if(WIN32)
 	set(TOOLKIT_LIBS ${TOOLKIT_LIBS} ${CSF_SOCKETLibs_LIB} ${CSF_advapi32_LIB} ${CSF_gdi32_LIB} ${CSF_user32_LIB} ${CSF_kernel32_LIB} ${CSF_psapi_LIB})
 else(WIN32)
-	#  An implementation for Mac OS X has been added in src/OSD/gettime_osx.h
-	if(NOT APPLE)
-		include( CheckFunctionExists )
-		check_function_exists( clock_gettime CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBC )
-		if(NOT CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBC)
+	if(NOT HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+		# An implementation for macOS has been added in src/OSD/gettime_osx.h
+		if(NOT APPLE)
 			include( CheckLibraryExists )
 			check_library_exists(rt clock_gettime "" CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBRT)
 			if(NOT CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBRT)
 				message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find clock_gettime.")
 			endif(NOT CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBRT)
 			set(TOOLKIT_LIBS ${TOOLKIT_LIBS} rt)
-		endif(NOT CLOCK_GETTIME_IN_LIBC)
-	endif(NOT APPLE)
+		endif(NOT APPLE)
+	endif(NOT HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 endif(WIN32)
 
 # Adde-DHAVE_TBB in TKernel in order to benefit from Standard_MMgrTBBalloc
diff --git a/adm/cmake/config/oce_build_config.h.cmake b/adm/cmake/config/oce_build_config.h.cmake
index 0baec3d5a9..995386eecb 100644
--- a/adm/cmake/config/oce_build_config.h.cmake
+++ b/adm/cmake/config/oce_build_config.h.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if the localtime_r function is available. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LOCALTIME_R 1
 
+/* Define to 1 if the clock_gettime function is available in libc. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if the posix_memalign function is available. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN 1
 
diff --git a/src/OSD/OSD_Chronometer.cxx b/src/OSD/OSD_Chronometer.cxx
index 0e1949c511..c08f45488f 100644
--- a/src/OSD/OSD_Chronometer.cxx
+++ b/src/OSD/OSD_Chronometer.cxx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   #include <mach/mach.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 #include "gettime_osx.h"
 #endif